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Dorsal Barton's Fracture Dorsal Shearing Fracture Wheeless

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Description: distal radius fracture w/ dislocation of radiocarpal joint;
- most common fracture dislocation of the wrist joint;
- comminuted fracture of distal radius may involve either anterior or posterior cortex and may extend into the wrist joint;
- fracture dislocation or subluxation in which the rim of distal radius, dorsally or volarly is displaced with the hand and carpus;
Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics

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Author/Contact: C.R.Wheeless
Institution: Duke
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Language: English

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